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The energy challenge and climate change
... account for around 3% of global energy today, excluding large-scale hydroelectricity, but they are the fastest-growing energy source. BP invests in renewable energy where we can build commercially viable businesses at scale. Much of our activity is in biofuels in Brazil. We own and operate three sug ...
... account for around 3% of global energy today, excluding large-scale hydroelectricity, but they are the fastest-growing energy source. BP invests in renewable energy where we can build commercially viable businesses at scale. Much of our activity is in biofuels in Brazil. We own and operate three sug ...
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
Policy Brief_RHF - Regional Climate Change Adaptation
... •MoE must ensure necessary backstopping ...
... •MoE must ensure necessary backstopping ...
List of Supporters of the Clean Power Plan in Court
... “State Intervenors have a compelling and urgent interest in reducing dangerous carbondioxide pollution from the largest source of those emissions: fossil-fueled power plants. Our residents and businesses are already experiencing harms from climate change, such as flooding from rising seas, increasin ...
... “State Intervenors have a compelling and urgent interest in reducing dangerous carbondioxide pollution from the largest source of those emissions: fossil-fueled power plants. Our residents and businesses are already experiencing harms from climate change, such as flooding from rising seas, increasin ...
Sea Level Change
... Long-term climate change Many aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of greenhouse gases are stopped! • 20% of emitted CO2 will remain in the atmosphere more than 1000 years • Sea level will continue to rise for many centuries in response to deep ocean warming ...
... Long-term climate change Many aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of greenhouse gases are stopped! • 20% of emitted CO2 will remain in the atmosphere more than 1000 years • Sea level will continue to rise for many centuries in response to deep ocean warming ...
Report updated July 16, 2013
... From big-box retailers to high-tech manufacturers, more companies across the country are producing their own power. Since 2006, the number of electricity-generation units at commercial and industrial sites has more than quadrupled to roughly 40,000 from about 10,000, according to federal statistics. ...
... From big-box retailers to high-tech manufacturers, more companies across the country are producing their own power. Since 2006, the number of electricity-generation units at commercial and industrial sites has more than quadrupled to roughly 40,000 from about 10,000, according to federal statistics. ...
The risky promise of `negative emissions`
... Around 10% of global emissions are from land use change: deforestation, forest degradation and drained peatland in tropical regions. Although reducing emissions from land use change does not constitute a form of negative emissions, halting land use emissions is a key part of low-carbon pathways, and ...
... Around 10% of global emissions are from land use change: deforestation, forest degradation and drained peatland in tropical regions. Although reducing emissions from land use change does not constitute a form of negative emissions, halting land use emissions is a key part of low-carbon pathways, and ...
WICCI Stormwater Working Group - Wisconsin Initiative on Climate
... treatment plants) • FEMA paid $34 million in flood damage claims Map: NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center ...
... treatment plants) • FEMA paid $34 million in flood damage claims Map: NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center ...
question proforma (Word) - Committee on Climate Change
... b. Duration and form of future carbon targets (one year or multi-year, absolute or percentage) Scottish targets for 2020 and 2050 are currently set as percentage reductions from a 1990 baseline. Annual targets have been set on an absolute (MtCO2e) basis. Annual targets allow for continued assessment ...
... b. Duration and form of future carbon targets (one year or multi-year, absolute or percentage) Scottish targets for 2020 and 2050 are currently set as percentage reductions from a 1990 baseline. Annual targets have been set on an absolute (MtCO2e) basis. Annual targets allow for continued assessment ...
Preserving a Balanced Ocean - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
... material in any area of the water column but not to disposal of such material in the seabed. Dumping of waste materials generated by industrial or processing operations into the water column has been prohibited under the London Convention since 1996 unless the particular material appears on a revers ...
... material in any area of the water column but not to disposal of such material in the seabed. Dumping of waste materials generated by industrial or processing operations into the water column has been prohibited under the London Convention since 1996 unless the particular material appears on a revers ...
There is an unknown but small probability that the West
... WAIS has disappeared in the geological past. The probability is small, as the current WAIS has been around for a long time (nearly 100,000 years), withstanding natural climate change. The ice sheet dynamics are complex and insufficiently understood. We therefore do not know how the WAIS would respon ...
... WAIS has disappeared in the geological past. The probability is small, as the current WAIS has been around for a long time (nearly 100,000 years), withstanding natural climate change. The ice sheet dynamics are complex and insufficiently understood. We therefore do not know how the WAIS would respon ...
S4-All - North Pacific Marine Science Organization
... Unprecedented basin-scale ecological changes are occurring in our seas. As temperatures warm ocean pH is lowering, sea ice is decreasing, and marine stratification and nutrient regimes are changing. We are only just beginning to understand the ecological manifestations of these climate alterations a ...
... Unprecedented basin-scale ecological changes are occurring in our seas. As temperatures warm ocean pH is lowering, sea ice is decreasing, and marine stratification and nutrient regimes are changing. We are only just beginning to understand the ecological manifestations of these climate alterations a ...
Research paper: The Greenhouse Effect and Its Impacts on
... temperatures would probably increase evaporation. These changes would probably create new stresses for many water management systems. VII. REDUCTION AND CONTROL MEASURES OF GREENHOUSE GASES Reduction of GHGs is central to all nations because the brunt of the problem is global and no one country or g ...
... temperatures would probably increase evaporation. These changes would probably create new stresses for many water management systems. VII. REDUCTION AND CONTROL MEASURES OF GREENHOUSE GASES Reduction of GHGs is central to all nations because the brunt of the problem is global and no one country or g ...
Presentation for Congressman Bartlett
... “The current global crisis cannot be fully resolved within the historical framework of capitalism, and… “ “…global ecological sustainability will be possible only with fundamental social transformations and a new global economic system organised on the principles of social ownership of land and othe ...
... “The current global crisis cannot be fully resolved within the historical framework of capitalism, and… “ “…global ecological sustainability will be possible only with fundamental social transformations and a new global economic system organised on the principles of social ownership of land and othe ...
Hurricane Sandy Follow-up Vulnerability Assessment
... Hurricane Sandy Study Objectives • Enhance the tri-state region’s resiliency to climate change and extreme weather in the longer term, while informing the ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery ...
... Hurricane Sandy Study Objectives • Enhance the tri-state region’s resiliency to climate change and extreme weather in the longer term, while informing the ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery ...
summary - Wisconsin Sea Grant - University of Wisconsin–Madison
... Adapting Stormwater Management to Climate Change Ken Potter Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
... Adapting Stormwater Management to Climate Change Ken Potter Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Making your own Climate Story - Top Tips
... reveals details, or generally enhances the story. For example, at a school play, besides shooting the play, you could get b-roll of the outside of the school, the program, faces of audience members, cast members hiding in the wings, or costume details. These clips can be used to cover any cuts, or s ...
... reveals details, or generally enhances the story. For example, at a school play, besides shooting the play, you could get b-roll of the outside of the school, the program, faces of audience members, cast members hiding in the wings, or costume details. These clips can be used to cover any cuts, or s ...
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... and consequences of climate stabilization assuming a so called “first-best” world, with full international participation, a perfect international carbon market including all GHGs and foresight of future climate obligations. In reality, departures from all or many of these assumptions are likely to o ...
... and consequences of climate stabilization assuming a so called “first-best” world, with full international participation, a perfect international carbon market including all GHGs and foresight of future climate obligations. In reality, departures from all or many of these assumptions are likely to o ...
Kyoto Protocol
... financed with a share of proceeds from CDM project activities and receive funds from other sources. The share of proceeds from CDM project activities amounts to 2% of CERs issued for each project. The road ahead The Kyoto Protocol is generally seen as an important first step towards a truly global e ...
... financed with a share of proceeds from CDM project activities and receive funds from other sources. The share of proceeds from CDM project activities amounts to 2% of CERs issued for each project. The road ahead The Kyoto Protocol is generally seen as an important first step towards a truly global e ...
Understanding the Arctic Climate System
... allows for constructive criticism of the ongoing progress of RASM. Collaboration is also valuable to individual team members, allowing us to work beyond our field of specialty and learn more about the Arctic System, which transcends disciplinary boundaries. It is also valuable for graduate students ...
... allows for constructive criticism of the ongoing progress of RASM. Collaboration is also valuable to individual team members, allowing us to work beyond our field of specialty and learn more about the Arctic System, which transcends disciplinary boundaries. It is also valuable for graduate students ...
Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador
... (Bendix et al. 2008b) until 2100, the increase of temperature must result in an altitudinal shift of ecothermal belts in the study area (Bendix et al. 2010). An increase in temperature of 3 C during the course of the twenty-first century would result in climatic conditions currently prevailing at ...
... (Bendix et al. 2008b) until 2100, the increase of temperature must result in an altitudinal shift of ecothermal belts in the study area (Bendix et al. 2010). An increase in temperature of 3 C during the course of the twenty-first century would result in climatic conditions currently prevailing at ...
Water and Climate Change Adaptation
... in southern Chile are temperatures projected to rise by less than 1 °C. Greater warming in summer, exceeding 5 °C in some areas of the high Andes. • Change in annual precipitation by more than 30% in some areas of the country by 2040. Central Chile (where 70% of the total population lives) may see s ...
... in southern Chile are temperatures projected to rise by less than 1 °C. Greater warming in summer, exceeding 5 °C in some areas of the high Andes. • Change in annual precipitation by more than 30% in some areas of the country by 2040. Central Chile (where 70% of the total population lives) may see s ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".